考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。
学习步骤如下：
1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入
3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）
Both sides in the debate can twist the numbers. The antis point out that the number of people entering America legally or illegally (about in a year) is higher than at any time since the early years of the century. The pros reply that, as a proportion of the population, immigration is still relatively low by 20th-century standards.
More controversial is the origin of the new immigrants. Between 1810 and 1900, more than 80% of immigrants came from Europe. By the 1980s, the European share had dropped to 9%. The vast majority of America’s immigrants today come from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Does this matter? The antis think the mix is a danger to the fabric of American society. The pros think that view differs little from that of those who wrote darkly about the “alien hordes” from southern and Eastern Europe who would “steadily reduce the average intelligence of the country”.
短文翻译
辩论的双方都可以玩弄这些数字。反对者指出如今合法或者非法（大约每年100万）进入美国的人口数量比自从这个世纪前几年开始的任何时候都要多。支持者反驳道：作为人口的一部分，截止到 20世纪，移民比例依然处于相对较低的水平。
越来越受争议的是移民的来源问题。从1810年至1900年，多于 80%的移民来自欧洲。到了20世纪80年代，移民中欧洲人所占比例下降到9%。如今，美国移民主要来自亚洲，拉丁美洲和加勒比。这重要吗？反对者认为这种混合将对美国的社会结构造成威胁。支持者认为这种观点与忧郁的预言从南欧和东欧入侵的“外星人”将拉低美国的文化知识水平的论断没什么两样。
重点单词详解
1.Antis ['æntɪ]
n. 反对者
2.point out ……
指出……
3. a proportion of……
一部分……
4.Relatively ['relətɪvlɪ]
adv. 相当地；相对地
5.Controversial [kɒntrə'vɜːʃ(ə)l]
adj. 有争议的；有争论的
6.Origin ['ɒrɪdʒɪn]
n. 起源；原点
7.The vast majority of……
大多数……
8.fabric [ˈfæbrɪk]
n.结构
9.Differ from
与...不同
10.Alien ['eɪlɪən]
n. 外国人，外侨；外星人
11.Steadily ['stedɪlɪ]
adv. 稳定地；稳固地
12.Intelligence [ɪn'telɪdʒ(ə)ns]
n. 智力；情报工作
